Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M171361

V/

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON, JJ.

2014-00627 In the Matter of Aleeyah T. M. (Anonymo Harlem Dowling - Westside Center for Ch Family Services, et al., petitioners-respond Lee R. M. (Anonymous), et al., respondent (Docket No. B-9945-10)

ORDER ON CERTIFICATION us). Assignment of Counsel ildren and ents; s-appellants.

Separate appeals by Lee R. M. and Shalicia A. from an order of the Family Court, Queens County, dated December 12, 2013. Pursuant to Family Court Act §§ 1118 and 1120, and upon the certification of Anthony Augustus, Esq., dated March 13, 2014, it is

ORDERED that the following named attorney is assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal on behalf of Shalicia A.:

Anthony Augustus, Esq.

89-31 161st Street, Suite 810

Jamaica, N.Y. 11432

718-558-4193

and it is further,

ORDERED that the appeals will be heard on the original papers (including a certified transcript of the proceedings, if any) and on the briefs of the appellants, the respondent, and the attorney for the child, if any. The parties are directed to file nine copies of their respective briefs and to serve one copy on each other (22 NYCRR 670.9[d][1][ii]; Family Ct Act § 1116); and it is further,

ORDERED that the stenographer(s) and/or the transcription service(s) is/are required promptly to make and certify two transcripts of the proceedings, if any, except for those minutes previously transcribed and certified (22 NYCRR 671.9); in the case of stenographers, both transcripts shall be filed with the clerk of the Family Court, and the clerk of the Family Court shall furnish one of such certified transcripts to the counsel for Shalicia A., without charge; in the case of transcription services, one transcript shall be filed with the clerk of the Family Court and one transcript shall be delivered to the counsel for Shalicia A. Counsel for Shalicia A. is directed to provide copies of said transcripts to all of the other parties to the appeal, including the attorney for the children, if any, when counsel for Shalicia A. serves the appellant's brief upon those parties; and it is further,

ORDERED that counsel for Shalicia A. shall serve a copy of this order on certification upon the Clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appeal of Shalicia A. in the above-entitled proceeding shall be perfected either within 60 days after the receipt by the counsel for Shalicia A. of the transcripts of the minutes of the proceedings in the Family Court, and the counsel for Shalicia A. shall notify this Court by letter of the date the transcripts are received, or, in cases where there are no minutes of proceedings to be transcribed, within 60 days of the date of this order on certification; and it is further,

ORDERED that within 30 days after the date of this order on certification, the counsel for Shalicia A. shall file in the office of the Clerk of this Court one of the following:

(1) an affidavit or affirmation stating that there are no minutes of any Family Court proceeding to be transcribed for the appeal; or

(2) if there are such minutes, an affidavit or affirmation that the transcripts have been received, and indicating the date received; or

(3) if the transcripts have not been received, an affidavit or affirmation stating that this order on certification has been served upon the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken, the date thereof, and the date by which the transcripts are expected; or

(4) an affidavit or an affirmation withdrawing the appeal of Shalicia A.; and it is further,

ORDERED that if none of the above actions described in (1), (2), (3), or (4) above, has been taken within 30 days of the date of this order on certification, the Clerk of the Court shall issue an order to all parties to the appeals to show cause why the appeal of Shalicia A. should or should not be dismissed.

ENG, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SKELOS and DILLON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court

The Case Manager assigned to this case is Ms. Vazquez. Please contact her at 718-722-6488 with any questions.